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You Still Got Me

4 November 2024 By in Music Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , Leave a comment

Beth Hart’s 11th solo studio album, the October 2024 release of ‘You Still Got Me’, follows up her 2022 Led Zeppelin tribute album with 11 original songs spanning the genres of blues, rock, pop, ballads, a touch of jazz, and a delightful tongue-in-cheek country nod to Johnny Cash. All songs are written by her, with a little help from Rune Westberg and Glen Burtnik.

While this may not be her best work—those honors go to her collaborations with the incomparable guitarist Joe Bonamassa—listening to the bluesy evolution of her throaty voice is a joy to be cherished and treasured; an album that captures the pure magic that is Beth Hart.

Source: AllMusic. Rock & Roll Muse with Martine Ehrenclou. Graphic: Album Cover and ‘Wanna Be Big Bad Johnny Cash, Provogue, Mascot, October 2024.

Misfiring

23 September 2024 By in Music Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , Leave a comment

Post Malone, for his 6th studio album, F-Trillion (Long Bed), brought in 15 mostly country artists to help him put together his first all country effort. For the finished product he only needed 6—to act as pallbearers.

Except for the first two tracks, Wrong Ones and Finer Things, his twang belts out sing-songy mono-melodic tunes, more suitable for his past life as a rapper, than asking the likes of Hank Williams, Jr., Dolly Parton, and Tim McGraw to help him transition into mainstream country.

Speaking with Kelleigh Bannen of Apple Music about his latest effort Post Malone says, “I’ve always wanted to make a record like this, but for the longest time it seemed so inaccessible, because I didn’t know how the hell it worked.”  Maybe for his 7th studio album he will have learned how it works.

Source. Apple Music. Graphic: Album Cover for the extended version by Austin Post. Official video track for Finer Things. Second track on the album.

Twisters: The Album

22 July 2024 By in Music Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , Leave a comment

‘Twisters: The Album’ was released on 19 July 2024, the same day as the movie premiered in the theaters. ‘The Album’ contains 29 high stepping and slow rolling country music tracks befitting a movie set in Oklahoma. This is the best original artist’s country soundtrack since the 1980 ‘Urban Cowboy’ which wasn’t exactly 100% country but close enough to make the point that it has been a long time since the genre has played front and center in a big budget movie.

Luke Combs’ song, ‘Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma’, first track on the album, was released as a single in May of 2024 prior to the release of the album and topped out on the US Hot Country charts at no. 4 and no. 23 on Billboard Hot 100.  The album contains additional singles from Miranda Lambert, Tucker Wetmore, Megan Moroney, and many, many more artists.

‘Twisters: The Album’ is an authentic ‘Feeling Country’.

Source: Apple Music.  Graphic: Album cover, Atlantic copyright.